Stop-g-age for weather-boarding



OFFICE.

WRDEN E. STODDARD, 0F HORIGON, NEW YORK.

STOP-GAGE FOR WEATHER-BOARDING, 85C.

Specicaton of Letters Patent No. 24,066, dated May 17, 1859.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WORDEN E. STODDARD, of the town of I-Ioricon, in thecounty of l/Varren, in the State of New York, have invented a new anduseful instrument for holding clapboards, moldings, and other pieces ofjoiners work to their place while being fitted and nailed, called aclapboardgage; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and eXact description of the construction and operation of thesame, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of thisspecification, in which Figure l is a perspective view. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal elevation with slide detached. Fig. 3 is a back sideelevation of the slide.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

The nature of my invention consists in the employment of a pair ofadjustable gages or stops for spacing the width of the show ofclapboards, moldings and other boards and at the same time holding themto their places while being fitted and nailed thus dispensing with ahelper and securing a more uniform show of the boards. By the use ofthese gages a given space can be covered accurately by a given number ofboards without the use of dividers or any marking, spacing, ormeasurement of them.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my 'invention I willproceed to describe its construction and operation.

I use a bar A of cast iron in the form of a right angle, (any strongmaterial will answer). Upon this bar is placed an adjustable slide B(see Fig. l). On the end of this bar of the part perpendicular to therequired distance from the spur D and secured by set screw E, the iirstclapboard being mailed to its place on the building the gages are placedvertically upon it one at each end of the board with the slide B heldfirmly against its lower edge when a light blow with the hand upon theknob C forces the spur D, into the wood and secures the gage firmly tothe board thus forming a rest or stop upon which to place the neXt boardfor fitting and nailing. This board being secured the gages are takenfrom the lower one and placed upon it in like manner as the former andso continued until the whole building is inclosed.

I do not claim a straight bar nor an adjustable slide for a gage forthese have been previously used in various ways; but

l/Vhat I do claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- Theuse of the bar A, forming a stop or support for boards and moldings andthe knob C, the spur D and the adjustable slide B substantially as hereshown for the purpose set forth.

VORDEN E. STODDARD.

W. H. GREENE.

